Automatic adjustable holder for telephone-receivers.



. s. 0. LANCASTER. AUTOMATIC ADJUSTABLE HOLDER FOR TELEPHONE RECEIVERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14, 1910. v

Patented Feb. 21,

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S. 0. LANCASTER. AUTOMATIC ADJUSTABLE HOLDER FOR TELEPHONE RECEIVERS.

APRLIOATION TILED MAR. 14, 1910.

Patented Feb.21, 1911.

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fltlforney any telephone, and it also consists of the im-' SEWARD ORTON LANCASTER, OF LONDON,

ONTARIO, CANADA.

AUTOMATIC ADJUSTABLE HOLD ER FOR TELEPHONE-RECEIVERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 14, 1910. Serial No. 549,387.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, SEWARD ORTON LAN- (FASTER, a subject of the King of'Great Britain, and a resident of the cityof London, in the county of Middlesex, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a new and useful Automatic Adjustable Holder for Telephone-Receivers, of which the following is a specificatio Thisginvention relates to a device designed for. supporting telephone receivers, which will enable the speaker to talkclose to the mouth piece thereby obtaining the best results from the telephone, one in which the speaker has the free use of both hands to enablehim when listening or speaking to examine documents etc., or hold a book or paper while-writing or taking memoranda or notes, one which-by simply pulling out the carrying arms toward you the connection is obtained, or'by foldingthe carrying arms or pushin them from you the .connection is out o one which can be readily and easily adapted to persons of different size, and one which is adapted to be used on roved construction and novel combination :of' parts of the same as will be hereafter first fully set forth and described and then pointed out in the claims, reference being had to accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, wherein [Figure 1 is a side view of a telephone re ceiver or holder embodylng my invention.

In this view the carrying arms are extended or shown open. Fig. 2 is another view of same showing the carrying arms folded. Fig. 3 is another front'end view of same showing the'telephone in position, and the telephone receiver and how the latter is adapted to large or small persons. F 1g. 4 shows the device applied to a movable desk ohone, the latter being shown in dotted nnes. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the telephone receiver shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 shows the device applied toa stationary wall telephone.- Fig. 7 shows one of the carrying arms provided with teeth at one end, which engage with the teeth of the opposite arm to hold thedevice rigid, so that it will not collapse. I In the accompanying drawings ;-The numeral 1 indicates a desk telephone shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, and the numeral 2% stationary wall telephone 3 indicates a bracket which is intended to A be secured to the wall as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 6 or to the stand of the desk telephone as shown in Fig. 4. This bracket may be made of any size or shape and with one or more sockets to suit diiferent cases, and the second socket, f, Where it goes around the stand of the desk telephone is to be rubber or felt lined as desired.

4 indicates an angular rod one end, a, of which is inserted in the socket 5 of the bracket 3, and 6 is a set screw which extends through the bracket 3 to hold the end a, of the angular rod 4 in the bracket 3 at any pivotal position to which it may be adjusted. 7 indicates a sleeve in which the other end, 6, of the angular rod 4, and one end 0, of the angularrod 8 is inserted and is held therein 10 of the clasp 11 by a thumb nut or set screw 12.

13 designate carrying arms or lazy tongs provided with teeth, in Fig. 7, and "these. carrying arms 13 are hinged together at the center by the pivot screws 14, passing through the pivot holes, 6, and at one end the inner-arms 13 are pivotally secured to the clasp 11 by the pivot screws 15, and the outer ends of the outer arms 13 are pivotally secured at their ends by the pivot screws 16 to the clasp l7, and between the sides of these clasps 11 and 17 the serrated ends, g, of the carrying arms 13 are held in place.

' l8 designates a raised point on the carrying arm 13 which is fitted to click in and engage withthe recess 19 on the inside of the clasp 11, for the purposeof holding the carrying arms 13 from moving when closed as shown in Fig. 2.

20 indicates a finger hold formed in' the clasp- 17 which is used for convenience in drawing the telephone receiver out, as shown in Fig. 1, or folding it up, as shownin Fig. 2. The clasp 17 is bent, as shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 6, and, is pivotally secured to the bed 21,-

pon which the receiver rests, by

a pivot screw 22.

23 indicate metal spring bands which are rigidly secured to the bed 21 and extend Patented Feb. 21', 1911.

g, at one end as shown partially around the receiver 24 to hold the latter in place.

25 is an-extension bar which is pivotally securedat one'end to-one of the carrying sections, it, and, '2', of the extension bar 25 are placed, the openings 29 and 30 in said sect ons, -h, and, 2', respectively, permitting sections, it, and z, to be so placed,- and next vto the section (5; a jam nut 31'is placed on said screw 28 and beyond this jam nut 31 a nut 32 is placed on said screw 28, so that when properly adjusted the nuts 31 and 32 hold the sections, h, and, i, on the screw 28 the proper length required.

33 indicates a screw provided with an enlarged head 34. which connects the lower end of the bar'25 to a hook switch 35 and between this hook switch 35 and the lower end of the extension bar 25, and extending in between the hook switch 35 and the screw 33 a vulcanized rubber washer 36 is inserted which being placed in theposition stated.

. makes it possible to cause a short circuit and at the same time will not interfere with the service, or hanging of the receiver on the hook switch, if desired, and a nut 37 on this screw 33 holds the whole together.

The operation is as follows: By grasping the finger hold 20 with the fingers and drawing out the carrying arms 13, as shown in Fig. 1, the electrical connection is made, because the extension bar 25 secured at one end to said carrying arm 13 and at the other end to the fork 35 of the telephone is higher, and again when the carrying .arms 13 are folded up, as shown in Fig. 2, the extension bar 25 is lower than when the carrying arms 13 are drawn out, thus in pulling the carrying arms out, as shown in Fig. 1, they are higher-and the electrical connection is made while in Fig. 2 the point at which the exten-' sion bar 25 is secured to the carrying arms 13 is lower and the electrical connection is cut ofi',

As shown this telephone receiver is applicable to movable desk telephones or station-- ary wall telephones, or telephones of any other description.

This telephone recgiver as shown in Fig. 3, may be adjusted to the position shown by horizontal solid lines, or to the elevated position shown by dotted lines, so that the telephone may be adapted to persons of any height, and at the same time enable different sized persons to talk close to the mouth iece,

thereby the different sizeor classes 0 persons may obtain the best results from the telephone receiver described, at the same time the telephone receiver holds the telephone, thus leaving both hands of the speaker free,.and enables him to listen and.

" acent carrying arm,

telephone,

. vided with teeth, a support, a holder for the telephone secured to the outer clasp, the 1nner clasp secured to .said support, an extensible bar formed in-twosections, each section thereof provided with a recess, screws extending through said recesses, nuts threaded upon said screws, said extension bar pivotally secured at one end tothe adand the other end of the bar pivotally secured to the hook of the telephone. 5

2. A telephone receiver support comprising carrying arms pivotally connected together, clasps at the ends of said carrying arms to which they are pivotally connected, and the oppositely carrying arms provided with teeth, one of said arms being formed with a raised portion and the adjacent clasp formed witha recess into which said raisedportion is adjusted to'hold said arms in their closed position.

3. A telephone receiver support comprising carrying arms pivotally connected together and clasps at each end to which said carrying arms are pivotally connected and the oppositely disposed faces of said carrying arms provided with teeth, a stationary support, a holder for the telephone secured to the outer clasp and the inner clasp secured to said stationary support, in combination with an adjustable bar secured at and metal spring bands secured to said bed, I

in combination with a supportto which'one of the clasps is secured, an adjustable bar secured at one end to one of.said carrying larms and at the other end to the hook of the another of said arms being formed with a raised portion, the adjacent clasp provided with a recess adaptedto re-f ceivesaid "raised portion for holding said arms in their closed position.

5. A telephone receiver support comprising carrying arms pivotally connected to gether, clasps to which said carrying arms are pivotally connected, and the oppositely disposed faces of said carrying arms pro-. vided with teeth, a holder for the telephone Secured to the outer clasp, an angular rod secured to said inner clasp, a sleeve secured to said angular rod, another angular rod secured to said sleeve and a bracket to which the latter angular rod is pivotally secured.

6. A telephone receiver support comprising carrying arms pivotally secured together, clasps to which said carrying arms are pivotally secured, a support, a holder secured to said outer clasp and the inner clasp secured to said support, in combination with an extension bar formed in two sections, each section formed with a recess, screws extending through said recesses in said sections ofsaid extension bar, nuts on said screws, said extension bar pivotally secured at one end to the adjacent carrying arm and at the other end pivotally secured to the hook of. the telephone. V

' In testimony whereof, I have signed in the presence of the two undersigned witnesses.

SEWARD ORTON LANCASTER.

Witnesses:

P. J EDMUNDs, T. H. LUSCOMBE. 

